California Food and Agricultural Code
§ 515
FAC § 515 Effective Sep 17, 2025Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 3 · Art. 6
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)The department, in consultation with the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Producer Advisory Committee and the Small-Scale Producer Advisory Committee, shall establish the Regional Farmer Equipment and Cooperative Resources Assistance Pilot Program to provide financial and technical assistance to support regional farm equipment sharing and enhance cooperative benefits for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers, with preference provided under the program in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 93540 of the Public Resources Code.
(b)Activities that are eligible for funding through the program shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1)Developing and expanding equipment sharing programs for the purchase and repair of tools, equipment, and infrastructure, and that pay all or a portion of associated administrative costs, to do both of the following:
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Legislative history
Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 106, Sec. 5. (AB 149) Effective September 17, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions.